An application to set aside the appointment of Cape Agulhas municipal manager Dean O’Neill will be heard by the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday. O’Neill is Western Cape ANC chairperson Marius Fransman’s brother-in-law. Fransman is accused of nepotism and political interference relating to O’Neill’s appointment in 2013. The application[…]
It’s been a year to the day since the tragic news broke that three family members had been killed in their home on a private golf estate in Stellenbosch. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is yet to make a decision on how to proceed with the Van Breda family murder[…]
India has shown off its military might and cultural diversity in a colorful Republic Day parade. French President Francois Hollande was the guest of honor in a show of solidarity for the Paris terror attacks. Modern tanks and missile systems alongside desert camel units and daredevil stuntwomen paraded down a[…]
Thousands of people are still in the dark regarding the status of their land restitution claims in District Six. However the vacant 93 hectares of land in the area has not been allocated to claimants. While government maintains it has seen progress in its campaign to speed up land restoration,[…]
On Wednesday, the United Nations as well as various other organisations around the world will commemorate the UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In 2005 the United Nations General Assembly designated the 27 January as a day of commemoration for Holocaust victims. The date coincides with the day of the liberation[…]
January is usually a stressful for parents as they deal with the exorbitant costs of basic school requirements such as school uniforms which often can run into thousands of rands. The Competition Commission has issued schools with a memorandum to exclude exclusivity deals with certain retailers, after complaints from parents[…]
With more communities affected by the current drought in South Africa, the Voice of the Cape has announced that it will be partnering with Shukrul Mubeen Masjid on a new water project to address the water scarcity. Five provinces have so far been declared disaster areas since the worst[…]
Five years ago, in January 2011, images of the revolution from Cairo’s Tahrir Square that led to the fall of the Mubarak government were watched around the world. As January 25, 2016 approached, the Egyptian authorities put the word out and the media echoed it – that history[…]
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Schools were set to close across much of the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as weather conditions continued to deteriorate across the occupied Palestinian territory. In the West Bank, district offices of the Palestinian Ministry of Education, including those in Ramallah,[…]
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The PLO has called for the unconditional release of a Palestinian journalist in Israeli custody whose 62-day hunger strike has brought him close to death ahead of an appeal by the prisoner’s lawyers before Israel’s Supreme Court this week. Muhammad al-Qiq, a 33-year-old journalist from[…]
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